Biographical sketch of Andrew French, "president of the French Commission Company." He was born in Cooper County, Missouri, in 1844, and came to Kansas City in 1868 "as assistant editor of the 'Kansas...

Portrait and biographical sketch of August Meyer, "president of the consolidated Kansas City Smelting and Refining Company" in the Armourdale industrial district of Kansas City, Kansas. Native of Saint...

Biographical sketch of Thomas Green, a grocer and co-founder of the T. Green Grocery Company who was born Ireland in 1837 and emigrated to Kansas City in 1858, starting out as a carpenter and then entering...

Portrait and biographical sketch of Thomas Hanna, a co-founder and executive of the dry goods business of Tootle, Hanna & Company. He was born in Kentucky in 1829 and came to Kansas City in 1868, also...

Photo and bio of Colonel Robert Thompson Van Horn, or Robert Van Horn, a national representative and former mayor of Kansas City. Born in Pennsylvania in 1824 and coming to Kansas City in 1855 as owner...

Portrait and biographical sketch of Frank Hubbard Kump, or Frank Kump, a retired soda water bottler selling his business "to the Heim Brewing Company" in 1884. Born in Prussia, Germany in 1834 and emigrating...

Photo and bio of Charles Whitehead, a real estate developer (developing Whitehead Place and other subdivisions) of Kansas City with residence at 1312 Pennsylvania Avenue. Born in England in 1842 and emigrating...

Biographical sketch of William Warner, "member of Congress from the Fifth Congressional District." Born in Wisconsin in 1839 and coming to Kansas City as a lawyer and Union Civil War veteran before becoming...

Portrait and biographical sketch of Colonel Thomas Crittenden, governor of Missouri, born in Kentucky in 1834, arriving in Missouri in 1857 as a lawyer and becoming involved in the Civil War, moving to...

Portrait and biographical sketch of Thomas Bryant, a Missouri state senator arriving in Kansas City in 1867 from Kentucky and Independence, elected to office in 1880, with descriptions of his legislative...

Portrait and biographical sketch of Judge Charles Dobson, a lawyer and former Linn County judge. He was born in West Virginia (then Virginia) in 1848, moved to Missouri in 1854 and to Kansas City in 1879,...

Portrait and biographical sketch of Joseph Chick, a store merchant and banker, moving to Jackson County in 1836, engaged in business with Northrup & Chick and the National Bank of Kansas City, among other...